Competition Entry Rules

GENERAL COMPETITION ENTRY RULES

Competitions for the annual aggregates are held in each of the following Sections

Section 1 Projected Images – includes both slides and digital

Section 2 Monochrome Prints (Maximum image area A3)

Section 3 Colour Prints (Maximum image area A3)

Section 4 Album Prints (max 15cm x 10cm)
NOTE: Triptychs are not permitted in Album prints

Section 5 Novice Projected images – open category

A limit of 3 entries is allowed in each section on each competition night.
Entries may be Set subject and/or Open, in any combination of 3 images in total

Entries may be Set subject and/or Open category, in any combination of 3 image in total which may be split across Set and Open categories

For example:Accepted: 3 images are entered by Fred Gettsit and these have been entered as 2 in open and 1 in set. Fred could also have entered 1 in open and 2 in set or 3 open only or 3 set onlyRejected: Nigel Idontcare tries to enter 3 in open and 2 in set – and therefore has 2 too many images

A maximum of 3 entries is also allowed in each section of the Annual Exhibition

Images are judged out of 10 for annual aggregate competitions. Awards will be made at the end of the year to aggregate winners in each section

Entries may be used twice only in normal competitions during the year

Annual Exhibition

entries are judged out of 15 points

are only eligible for entry in the Annual Exhibition if they have not been entered in a previous Annual

Shields are awarded to top scorers in each section of the Annual and Aggregate Competition (Judges discretion if more then one top point scorer)

Printed images are to bear the Entrant’s name and title on the back (either the print or the matte)

A title for images is preferred

Prints are mounted on felt cloth with Velcro dots. It is recommended that competitors affix Velcro dots to their own prints. If no dots are attached, Velcro backed bulldog clips are available and will be used.

IMPORTANT:

For PRINT entries, the entrants name, image section (Album/Colour/Monochrome) and title of the images are to be emailed to the Print Competition Secretary at bpcprintcompetition@gmail.com by no later than 7pm on the Tuesday before the competition

ALL PRINT ENTRIES ARE TO BE WITH THE COMPETITION SECRETARY NO LATER THEN 7:45PM ON THE NIGHT. LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

PROJECTED IMAGE COMPETITION RULES –
DIGITAL, NOVICE and SLIDES

As well as the General Competition rules, the following apply to Projected Image entries:

A maximum of 3 images across categories continues to apply to this section

Slides must:

be in 35mm film format

be correctly spotted in the lower left corner when viewed in the hand the right way up

bear the Entrant’s name

Digital images:

All images must be set to a resolution of 72 DPI (dots per inch)

The maximum files size of any one file is 500 kilobytes

Maximum image dimensions are 1024 pixels on the long edge by 768 pixels on the short edge

Members who are unsure on how to re-size their images accordingly, should contact a committee member for further guidance

for DIGITAL entries (including NOVICE), images must be emailed to the Digital Entries Secretary at bpcdigitalentries@gmail.com and must be received no later then 7pm on the Mondaybefore the competition

Eligibility for Novice Section.

Novices are deemed to be those who have been a member of BPC or any other photographic club for less than 12 months and who identify themselves as relatively new to photography.

It is assumed that, in any case, those consistently scoring high in the novice section will seek to stretch their horizons in the other 4 categories

IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATION FOR ANY OF THESE RULES, PLEASE CONTACT ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS